| 单词 | Marco Polo |
| 例句 | She learned that Marco Polo Restaurant, near Chicken Street, had been turned into an interrogation center. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z We stood on our hands and stuck our legs out of the water, did underwater twists, and played Marco Polo and chicken with the other kids. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Marco Polo visited the empire of Kublai Khan in the 1280s. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z But beyond this, Fargo to me is brother to the fabulous places of the earth, kin to those magically remote spots mentioned by Herodotus and Marco Polo and Mandeville. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z For a long time, this was the only image Mia had of Mr. Wilkinson, a mysterious cross between Marco Polo and Santa Claus who filled his home with treasures. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Ignatius had actually spent the morning sitting at Eads Plaza watching the harbor traffic and jotting some notes about the history of shipping and Marco Polo in a Big Chief tablet. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Our only material goods from the outside world of late were comic books, which my sisters cherished like Marco Polo’s spices from China, and powdered eggs and milk, to which we felt indifferent. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched Big Jerome pick up Little Jerome by the scruff of the neck like he was a puppy and toss him into the pool, upsetting the Marco Polo players. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Shanghai: Hangzhou Marco Polo described the thriving city of Hangzhou, nearly 100 miles from Shanghai, as “beyond dispute, the finest and noblest in the world.” Summer Travel 2014: Escape From Your Business Trip 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Marco Polo became famous for his stories, though no one knew how much to believe. Reconstructing Marco Polo’s Journey East 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z He was referring to a ballet about the exotic travels of the medieval explorer Marco Polo, interpreted by the Shanghai ballet to usher in the Chinese Lunar New Year. Pierre Cardin: One Step Ahead of Tomorrow 2010-03-22T21:00:00Z The adventures of famed explorer Marco Polo in 13th Century China are being told in a new series for Netflix. Marco Polo brings Mongol empire to Netflix 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z At the Purchase show, as he performed a biography of Marco Polo, rhyming as he flipped through his drawings, the students mellowed and drew close like toddlers at story hour. Jeffrey Lewis, Singer and Illustrator 2011-11-22T23:09:54Z Marco Polo is a closed messaging platform, but friends can invite their friends. It’s 10 P.M. Do You Know What Apps Your Children Are Using? 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z “Many of these colonial buildings and squares, such as Marco Polo Square, are in mint condition and serve as tourist attractions,” he writes. Photographer Roger Eberhard’s “Human Territoriality” is a rumination on human borders 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Netflix is certainly hoping its latest, "Marco Polo" will fill the gap until HBO's "Game of Thrones" returns early next year. Netflix gives another sneak peek at 'Marco Polo' 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z The real Marco Polo may have been an adventurer seeking out new things, but “Marco Polo” doesn’t have this spirit and instead makes you wonder if the costume-drama fad is played out. ‘Marco Polo,’ Fur-and-Armor Drama From Netflix 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z “Marco Polo” will probably do decent business, thanks to its international cast and lowest-common-denominator aspirations. ‘Marco Polo,’ Fur-and-Armor Drama From Netflix 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z From the Marco Polo Airport, there are a few ways to get to the Palazzo Venart hotel, which lies a short distance across the indolent waters of the Venetian Lagoon. Two Venice Hotels, Two Sides of a Celebrated City 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z If, as Spall says, "England is a microcosm for the world", then Tim is surely a Battersea-born Marco Polo, in a documentary shot through with vintage charm. Midsomer Murders 2010-05-05T07:00:00Z While Netflix did not announce a return date for "Marco Polo," the lavish historical drama's first season premiered Dec. 12. Netflix renews 'Marco Polo,' reveals 'Daredevil' premiere date 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z At the time, Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios was about to open, and "Marco Polo" was able to take over the entire facility — and leverage a generous production incentive. 'Marco Polo' brings the court of Kublai Khan to Netflix 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Does Calvino draw on Marco Polo’s actual accounts of his travels in China in the 13th century? 5 great books on world travel 2013-02-04T12:45:00Z Even Marco Polo saw this in China, as the currency pulled a vast kingdom together under one umbrella of economic organization. Class decides everything 2012-06-24T16:00:00Z However, Netflix announced earlier this month that there will be a second season of "Marco Polo." Netflix shares surge on subscriber growth 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z He declares confidently that he was the best center fielder on the local softball teams, the ones sponsored by Foro Marble, Marco Polo Ristorante and other local businesses. At Lucali, Pizza for the A-List and the Landlady Upstairs 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Marco Polo found examples of it along the trade routes in Kashmir. Antiques: Elvis and Toreadors, Aglow on Black Velvet 2011-02-03T22:55:03Z The teaser for Marco Polo, an action drama about the explorer’s years in the 13th century court of Kublai Khan, practically begs to be compared to Game of Thrones. Here’s the Teaser Trailer for Marco Polo, Netflix’s Next Original Series 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Filmed in Kazakhstan, Malaysia and Venice, Marco Polo looks like it took the riches of east and west to make. REVIEW: Khan Job: Netflix's Ludicrous Marco Polo 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z The story of the white man visiting the “exotic” “Orient” became tiresome with Robinson Crusoe; “Marco Polo” struggles to justify its existence in 2014. Netfix’s orgy bonanza: “Marco Polo” gives a lesson in how not to write about other cultures 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Making Marco Polo dumb fun would be just as legitimate as making it weighty historical realism. REVIEW: Khan Job: Netflix's Ludicrous Marco Polo 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Rooms, with names like Saint-Pétersbourg, Marco Polo and Mata Hari, are flamboyant, furnished to reflect their inspirations. Chasing Balzac: Uncovering the Intimate Belle Epoque Hotels of Paris 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z She quickly debunks the myth that Marco Polo was responsible: Pasta figured in Italian diets long before the Venetian ever headed east. ‘On the Noodle Road’: the winding road of pasta’s history 2013-08-24T15:13:24Z The Camphor terrace is famous for its ancient tree, once a new species Marco Polo wrote home about. Paradise found: Lago Maggiore, the ‘Eden of Italy‘ 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z He describes himself as an "idiot mariner", but feels likes Marco Polo, he says. Chris Ryan's Strike Back and Timothy Spall: Somewhere At Sea 2010-05-06T07:00:00Z I started my Cobain trip at the Marco Polo, a no-frills motel on the gritty periphery of Seattle that Cobain frequented in his final days, when his heroin addiction controlled his life. Footsteps : Chasing Kurt Cobain in Washington State 2014-03-25T21:43:53Z It's a city of fable or dream, as recounted by Marco Polo to Kublai Khan. Astana, Kazakhstan: the space station in the steppes 2010-08-08T00:59:00Z Books about Robin Hood intrigued me, and King Arthur, but also books about the Roman Empire and Marco Polo’s journeys in China. Karl Ove Knausgaard: By the Book 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z In the offices of The New Yorker then, Alastair seemed like a world citizen, a Marco Polo of literature, returned with news of riches we had never imagined. Postscript: Alastair Reid (1926-2014) 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z The company has put a lot of money into “Marco Polo,” a 10-episode historical drama that becomes available on Friday, and those are the defining characteristics of the series. ‘Marco Polo,’ Fur-and-Armor Drama From Netflix 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z He would then retreat to room 226 of the Marco Polo to shoot up. Footsteps : Chasing Kurt Cobain in Washington State 2014-03-25T21:43:53Z On a lot of the premium US cable TV you can, but the sex in Marco Polo was never grafted onto the show just to follow any kind of trend. Marco Polo brings Mongol empire to Netflix 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z You can’t say Marco Polo isn’t committed to spectacle and popcorn entertainment, and that may make it a hit worth its price tag. REVIEW: Khan Job: Netflix's Ludicrous Marco Polo 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z That’s way more than the number of people who will slog through Marco Polo. HBO's Sesame Street is the battlefield in the streaming wars for kids' TV 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z But things get complicated when an intriguing stranger in the person of Marco Polo arrives at court. Local books: J.A. Jance in Arizona, Xanadu's daughter and a haunted bookstore 2011-02-01T00:43:07Z "Marco Polo" is sumptuous enough — it can be interesting just to look at, with its colorful sets and costumes, exotic locations and physical and digital realizations of a lost civilization. 'Marco Polo' leads Netflix into uncharted territory 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z As Marco Polo described it: “In heaven there is paradise/ On earth, Suzhou and Hangzhou.” Next Stop: The Poetry of Hangzhou 2011-04-08T18:55:00Z Even Fusco enjoys the fact that Marco Polo amassed a few diehard fans, who still email him from time to time with their favourite characters and spin-offs they’d like to see. ‘I don’t know if I’ll ever get over it’: how it feels to make a TV flop 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z Marco Polo was deathly afraid of the water. Style Invitational Week 1403: Who was that masked man? 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z When the expensive but poorly reviewed “Marco Polo” got clipped in December, it qualified as a surprise to the TV industry. ‘Sense8’ Cancellation Is Netflix’s Second in a Week 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z The T.S.A. and a jam-packed 767 dimmed it for the next 12 hours, but a middle-aged woman holding our newly shared surname on a placard in Marco Polo Airport lifted us from the malaise. A Honeymoon Through Italy 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z “On the Noodle Road: From Beijing to Rome with Love and Pasta” Rhubarb originated in China, and Marco Polo prized the plant enough to list it in his will. ‘On the Noodle Road’: the winding road of pasta’s history 2013-08-24T15:13:24Z “I feel like I finally have a therapist,” he laughs at the end of a 30-minute call about his 2016 historical adventure series Marco Polo. ‘I don’t know if I’ll ever get over it’: how it feels to make a TV flop 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z One section of the show uses architectural elements and courtly portraits to provide a glimpse of daily life in Dadu, as Marco Polo would have seen it in 1266. The Week Ahead: Sept. 26 ? Oct. 2 2010-09-24T16:00:00Z While I was watching, a friend sent me a message on the video chat app Marco Polo, gushing about the show. Are you binge-watching reruns of your old favorite TV shows? You’re having a natural response to COVID-19 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z But as far as I can see, Marco Polo’s travels in the realm of Kublai Khan are not much echoed here. 5 great books on world travel 2013-02-04T12:45:00Z It would have been nice to see someone take the successful “Game of Thrones” formula and expand on or enhance it, but “Marco Polo” ends up skeletonizing it. ‘Marco Polo,’ Fur-and-Armor Drama From Netflix 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Some soaks are serene, set under the stars, while others are lively, with waterslides and Marco Polo players. The Colorado Historic Hot Springs Loop makes it easy to plan a visit — and a long soak 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z With Marco Polo, it’s giving it to us good and hard. REVIEW: Khan Job: Netflix's Ludicrous Marco Polo 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Marco Polo eventually recorded his grand recollections of his Oriental sojourn in a jailhouse autobiography, "A Description of the World." 'Marco Polo' brings the court of Kublai Khan to Netflix 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Marco Polo wrote in his diaries that the substance was “good for burning and as a salve for men and camels affected with itch or scab.” The Promise of Oil for the People Around the Caspian Sea 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z “Marco Polo” received mixed reviews when its 10 episodes premiered but was renewed for a second season; Netflix does not release viewership numbers. A Genghis Khan project could follow Netflix's 'Marco Polo' 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z He continued down the coast to the torrid zone, believing he was in the Far East, in the country described by Marco Polo, a 10-day walk from the Ganges River. King of the banana republic 2012-06-03T21:00:00Z Given its itinerant subject material, “Marco Polo” is also disappointingly inert in its first six episodes. Netflix’s ‘Marco Polo’ is so plodding that it’s practically binge-proof 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Stunt coordinator Brett Chan, who mapped out the action sequences for Netflix in both “Marco Polo” and “Iron Fist,” deserves as much notice for his work on the series as its stars do. "Warrior" brings Bruce Lee's TV pitch to life, vividly and violently 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Inspired by Italo Calvino's "Invisible Cities," it's a meditation on the journey of Marco Polo, filled with gorgeous melodies, strange timbres and lush harmonies. A list of must-hear CDs from Amy Denio 2010-04-02T21:47:00Z Venice’s Marco Polo airport is functioning, with Air France-KLM flights to Paris and Amsterdam, as well as onward international connections. 'It's an exciting beginning': Venice opens to tourists 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z The series is the latest effort by Netflix to spread itself internationally, a strategy that brought us the bloated “Marco Polo” last year and the dreamy “Sense8” this spring. Review: ‘Narcos’ Follows the Rise and Reign of Pablo Escobar 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z "I got the feeling: It's time to do a Marco Polo story," recalled Fusco, an equestrian and Sinophile who penned "The Forbidden Kingdom" and the coming sequel to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," another Weinstein project. 'Marco Polo' brings the court of Kublai Khan to Netflix 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z In the historical adventure game the Voyages of Marco Polo, follow routes that the Italian explorer took. 12 board games that allow homebound Americans to travel in their imagination 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Below are edited excerpts from a correspondence with Mr. Man, whose book was used as a source for the recent Netflix drama series “Marco Polo,” about Marco Polo’s journey east. Reconstructing Marco Polo’s Journey East 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Netflix’s new original series “Marco Polo” is stunning, on multiple levels. Netfix’s orgy bonanza: “Marco Polo” gives a lesson in how not to write about other cultures 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Her favorite tactic was to seize an enemy soldier and ride off with him, the explorer Marco Polo recounted, “as deftly as a hawk pounces on a bird.” 7 of the most amazing women you’ve never heard of 2014-01-20T20:00:00Z The first season of "Marco Polo," a sweeping adventure drama, was poorly received by critics. Netflix renews historical epic 'Marco Polo' for second season 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z “The question of where to place paradise became more problematic for cartographers as the Far East became better known — not least after The Travels of Marco Polo was published around the year 1300,” Berg writes. Review | A look at the maps that shaped our world 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z “Mr. Marks was the Marco Polo of the drug traffic,” Thomas V. Cash, the special agent in charge of the Miami division of the D.E.A., said at the time. Howard Marks, Drug Smuggler Turned Author, Dies at 70 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Watching “Marco Polo,” Netflix’s extravagant but stultifying period drama about the legendary 13th-century traveler, is about as exciting as discovering a new Pier 1 Imports in the strip mall. Netflix’s ‘Marco Polo’ is so plodding that it’s practically binge-proof 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z One of Newson’s design associates, Scott Barwick, was waiting when the charter flight from Paris landed at Marco Polo Airport in Venice. Is There Anything Marc Newson Hasn?t Designed? 2012-01-27T17:23:09Z The fourth series Netflix commissioned, Marco Polo was a fantasy epic that followed Polo’s 13th-century jaunts in the court of Kublai Khan. ‘I don’t know if I’ll ever get over it’: how it feels to make a TV flop 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z After the early success of "House of Cards" and "Orange Is the New Black," the big-budget gamble "Marco Polo" has failed to generate much buzz or critical attention. Amazon's Woody Allen series deal marks big step in creative strategy 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z They may date to Marco Polo’s travels to China in the 14th century. End your Easter egg hunt with a bang 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Netflix is looking to go big and epic for its next original series, "Marco Polo." Netflix teases its next big series, 'Marco Polo' 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z "You need a great explorer like Marco Polo to find some of the actual audiences that is watching some of these programs." CBS profit falls but network is No. 1 in viewers 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Dave Erickson, who previously worked on "Sons of Anarchy" and "Marco Polo," will serve as show runner for the new series. The untitled 'Walking Dead' spinoff gets two seasons on AMC 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Following on from the success of its original dramas House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, Netflix is banking on its next series, Marco Polo, being a similar hit. Marco Polo brings Mongol empire to Netflix 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z The company hopes new, original shows — including the big-budget series "Marco Polo" — will draw foreign audiences. Netflix shares surge on subscriber growth 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Instead of returning home after completing his pilgrimage, he continued eastward, traveling some 75,000 miles over the next three decades — a journey reportedly longer than that of Marco Polo. Read Your Way Through Tangier 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z “And last year I made ‘Marco Polo’ in China. Pierre Cardin: One Step Ahead of Tomorrow 2010-03-22T21:00:00Z For those whose history classes failed them and still think Marco Polo is merely a game of swimming pool tag, the man himself was an Italian merchant who spent 24 years exploring Asia. Here’s the Teaser Trailer for Marco Polo, Netflix’s Next Original Series 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z The dealer Bernard Quaritch Ltd. will bring what it describes as one of the last manuscript copies of Marco Polo’s “Travels” in private hands, priced at above $1 million. The Antiquarian Book Fair: From 1750s True Crime to Warhol’s Cats 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Marco Polo, which has been downloaded at least 10 million times on the Google Play Store, touts itself as a video “walkie-talkie.” It’s 10 P.M. Do You Know What Apps Your Children Are Using? 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Here’s how it’s done: After the three-hour drive from Venice Marco Polo Airport toward Austria, pull off the autostrada into the inviting city of Bolzano. In the Heart of the Dolomites, Hiking and Haute Cuisine 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z AT THE very end of the 13th century Marco Polo returned from Cathay, the old name for China. Chasing perfection 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Netflix, the home of the highly esteemed "House of Cards" and "Orange Is the New Black," goes epic Friday with the release of the 10-episode period epic "Marco Polo." 'Marco Polo' leads Netflix into uncharted territory 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Can the places Marco Polo described still be seen? Reconstructing Marco Polo’s Journey East 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Is this “Marco Polo” or “The Amazing Race”? Netflix’s ‘Marco Polo’ is so plodding that it’s practically binge-proof 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z China is the setting for Netflix's upcoming historical epic series "Marco Polo." U.S.-China Film Summit: Netflix's Sarandos takes aim at theater chains 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z What's interesting is Marco Polo was the earliest bridge between East and West, so I think it's wonderful this show is also bridging East and West in terms of casting. Marco Polo brings Mongol empire to Netflix 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z “Marco Polo” seems to draw on every available trope of cinematic Orientalism — there are ancient dynasties, bloody battles and the martial arts. Netflix’s ‘Marco Polo’ is so plodding that it’s practically binge-proof 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Well, officially it’s Marco Polo describing the cities of his travels to Kublai Khan. 5 great books on world travel 2013-02-04T12:45:00Z The old town of Korcula, where Marco Polo might have been born. Frugal Traveler: Croatia: Take Your Parents to Work Week 2011-06-21T19:01:39Z “If for some reason someone was bullying someone,” said Vlada Bortnik, the creator of Marco Polo, “we would take the steps to make sure our platform stays safe and probably remove them from the platform.” It’s 10 P.M. Do You Know What Apps Your Children Are Using? 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Wong delivers “Marco Polo’s” only notable performance as the mighty Khan; he’s far more complex than the garden-variety gluttonous tyrant we expect. Netflix’s ‘Marco Polo’ is so plodding that it’s practically binge-proof 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z "Marco Polo" was filmed in Malaysia, where a 50-acre section of jungle was cleared for a studio that re-creates the capital of Kublai Khan's 13th century empire. Netflix gives another sneak peek at 'Marco Polo' 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z "They have no idea that Marco Polo was basically adopted as a son by Kublai Khan, the most powerful ruler on Earth, the grandson of Genghis Khan," Fusco said. 'Marco Polo' brings the court of Kublai Khan to Netflix 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z The restaurant’s website reports that some historians believe pasta was invented in Italy while others believe Marco Polo brought pasta back to Italy from his journey to China. National Spaghetti Day: A look at the history of the dish 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z You know you’re in trouble when a series called “Marco Polo” is at its least interesting whenever Marco is on the screen. Netflix’s ‘Marco Polo’ is so plodding that it’s practically binge-proof 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Instead of sticking to the Old Town, which claims to be the birthplace of Marco Polo, rent a moped and head west. 52 Places to Go in 2016 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Having hosted karaoke nights for over a decade in the northwest corner of Georgetown, Marco Polo is a tried-and-true bar that knows the karaoke ropes. Check out 47 bars and private rooms to sing karaoke in Seattle 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Marco Polo Airport apologised to passengers who were affected by the disruption. Venice airport closed, flights diverted by flock of seagulls 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z And Marco Polo, headed by Garrett Ziegler, a former aide in Mr. Trump’s White House, has been publishing material from Hunter Biden’s laptop and was poised to enter his child support case. Former Republican Aides Shepherd Whistle-Blowers Through Congress 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z The best example is the fourteenth-century merchant and explorer Marco Polo, who followed the land routes to China. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Mr. Ziegler has published five suspicious activity reports linked to Mr. Biden on his website Marco Polo USA. Hunter Biden demands Treasury probe of how ex-Trump aide gained suspicious banking activity reports 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z For Marco Polo, at least, the pandemic peak was short-lived. Where Did All Your Zoom Friends Go? 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z And in another letter, Lowell wrote to the Internal Revenue Service challenging the nonprofit status of Marco Polo, a group that is run by conservative activist Garrett M. Ziegler. Hunter Biden’s lawyers, in newly aggressive strategy, target his critics 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Jackson had a group chat with some of his closest friends — Barker, Degginger and David Campi — where they talked almost everyday, but the group also kept up consistently on Marco Polo, a video messaging app. Bellevue officer killed in crash ‘cared about everyone,’ friends recall 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z From the days of the early adventurer Marco Polo, Venetian sailors had traveled to ports on the Black Sea and established their own colonies along the Mediterranean Coast. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Anthropologist Cai Hua’s aptly titled book “A Society Without Fathers or Husbands” was written in 2001, but Marco Polo apparently also found the Na noteworthy for their unusual ideas about fatherhood. Perspective | In some cultures, multiple fathers — or no fathers at all — are the norm 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Aco Brasil, a lobby group for steel producers, expects the revision of the quotas "to happen this year," said the group's chief executive Marco Polo de Mello Lopes. Biden promised Bolsonaro U.S. would reconsider tariffs on Brazil steel -sources 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z There’s a pho joint before the sandwich chain, and just beyond, Marco Polo Saloon boasts “pressure-fried chicken,” which caught my attention. This South End brewery walk hits 8 taprooms in about 4 miles 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Our clingy cat would lose us and wander the two floors, yowling plaintively until we called out, guiding him in like a game of Marco Polo. Small, by choice: These radical downsizers find freedom in the tiny house life | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z They sparked the imagination of merchants like Marco Polo, who made the long and dangerous trip to the realm of the great Mongol ruler Kublai Khan in 1271. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The most famous European to visit China in these years was a young Venetian trader, Marco Polo. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The annual event commemorates the Marco Polo Bridge incident, a July 1937 conflict between Chinese and Japanese troops near the bridge outside Beijing, which triggered the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Soon after the triumph of “House of Cards,” Netflix committed to an even more expensive series — “Marco Polo.” Network Effects Are Overrated 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Future Western historians and writers, from Aristotle to Marco Polo, scoffed at Ctesias’ confabulations, while grudgingly referencing them as well. The Immortal Myth of the Unicorn 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z In 1937, a clash between Japanese and Chinese troops, known as the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, led to a full-scale invasion of China by the Japanese. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Later, during a war against Venice’s rival city, Genoa, Marco Polo was captured and imprisoned. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Explorer Marco Polo wrote about the fires in the 13th Century. Azerbaijan mud volcano triggers huge blast in Caspian oil and gas fields 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z The CMA CGM Marco Polo entered New York harbor on Thursday morning, passing beneath the Bayonne Bridge as dozens looked on. Largest container ship on East Coast docks in New Jersey 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z But two months after taking ownership of the Marco Polo, it was sold as scrap for around £4m. UK cruise ships scrapped in India's 'ship graveyard' 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z According to Marco Polo, servants in 13th Century China covered their faces with woven scarves. Mask force: London's five centuries of face coverings 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z In 1275, the Italian trader Marco Polo reached the court of Kublai Khan in China. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z For over a millennium, the narrator intones, from Marco Polo through Christopher Columbus, Westerners thought of little else but securing greater access to Chinese products. How Chinese infrastructure is reshaping the planet 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z The Marco Polo is also calling at other ports in the U.S. this week, including Norfolk, Virginia, Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina. Largest container ship on East Coast docks in New Jersey 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Or, try these other recommendations from food writers Tan Vinh and Bethany Jean Clement, including the wings from Marco Polo Bar & Grill in Georgetown. 6 great Seattle-area food options for takeout this Super Bowl Sunday 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Alexandra Canosa, a producer on Netflix’s “Marco Polo,” maintained late Monday in court papers that depositions will help her decide whether to accept a settlement approved last week by a Delaware bankruptcy court judge. Weinstein accuser demands deposition as settlement looms 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z It was clear to Marco Polo, however, that the civilization he had visited was the greatest in the world. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He worked to investigate the cause of the Marco Polo condominium fire in Honolulu that killed four people and injured 13 others in 2017. Kaimi, Hawaii’s first certified arson dog, dies at 13 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z Among other characters, Saxon portrayed an Indian chief on the popular TV Western series “Bonanza” and Marco Polo on the futuristic hit TV show “The Time Tunnel,” according to IMDB. Actor John Saxon dies; ‘Enter the Dragon’ among many roles 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z In 1937, the Second Sino-Japanese War erupted into full-scale conflict as Imperial Japanese forces attacked the Marco Polo Bridge in Beijing. Today in History 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z More than 650 years later, the 13th-century Italian merchant Marco Polo described the same phenomenon; sometimes the voices would even call a traveler by name. A Poetic Journey Through Western China 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Marco Polo Plus is now replacing that option. Video chat app Marco Polo says its costs are getting too expensive, and it wants people to pay to use the app 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Virtual tours using platforms such as Zoom and Marco Polo are giving Utahns ways to continue buying and selling homes with less risk of viral infection. Utah’s home sales slow down as coronavirus effects take hold 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z Marco Polo wouldn’t provide concrete user numbers, but it said that “millions” of people are now using the app. Marco Polo has been around for years, but it’s blowing up amid the pandemic 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z As Marco Polo relays to Kublai Khan one dazzling tale after another of the cities he has known, the Great Khan listens enraptured even while not necessarily believing what he hears. Novelists pick books to inspire, uplift, and offer escape 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z Here are five companies seeing a particular surge, including the social app Marco Polo. Zoom is showing how to respond to criticism the right way 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z As such, a premium product and subscription revenue is essential to keeping Marco Polo in business, even after the pandemic ends. Video chat app Marco Polo says its costs are getting too expensive, and it wants people to pay to use the app 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z But Tan told me before we even darkened the door that Marco Polo’s wings are not broasted. Love wings or hate wings? Our two restaurant critics debate while taste-testing some of Seattle’s best. 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z For an app like Marco Polo, which prides itself on privacy, standing up under that same scrutiny as it becomes more popular is a serious test. Marco Polo has been around for years, but it’s blowing up amid the pandemic 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z There is a remarkable consistency in their descriptions — from Marco Polo to Anthony Bourdain. Opinion | Trump’s threats against cultural sites show he doesn’t care about the Iranian people 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Marco Polo, one of Netflix’s first big original series, is largely seen as a flop. Netflix’s The Witcher was a guaranteed success before it even premiered 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Of the 23 documents, 13 are classified dispatches to the foreign ministry from Japanese consulates dated 1938, a year after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident triggered war between the two countries. Japanese officials helped procure wartime sex slaves, report claims 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z Still, the flavors remain, and these wings possessed more meat on them than those at Marco Polo. Love wings or hate wings? Our two restaurant critics debate while taste-testing some of Seattle’s best. 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z As for the kind of data Marco Polo collects, it asks for access to people’s contacts, in addition to their cameras and microphone. Marco Polo has been around for years, but it’s blowing up amid the pandemic 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Setting off from Venice in 1271 at the age of 17, the legendary merchant and explorer spent over two decades travelling through Asia, eventually documenting his adventures in a book, The Travels of Marco Polo. Marco Polo parchment sheds light on last year of his life in Venice – researchers 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Sarandos told The Hollywood Reporter only a few months prior that Marco Polo accomplished “what it was supposed to do.” Netflix’s The Witcher was a guaranteed success before it even premiered 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Wednesday that a settlement conference was concluded Tuesday regarding the July 2017 Marco Polo building fire that killed four people. Undisclosed settlement reached over deadly Honolulu fire 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Despite the alleged attack she kept in touch with him and began to work formally for his company, with a role on the Netflix series Marco Polo, of which he was executive producer. Ronan Farrow reveals extreme measures Weinstein took to bury alleged crimes 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z First described in the 1300 Italian travelogue “The Travels of Marco Polo,” the Assassins of Alamut were rumored to use an “intoxicating potion” to dupe devotees in Iraq and Syria into becoming assassins. French cannabis legalization debate ignores race, religion and the mass incarceration of Muslims 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z And that would involve firing up Marco Polo, the intrepid four-wheel explorer. Perspective | Exploring America from the rumble seat of a 1937 Packard 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z When the Venetian merchant Marco Polo got to China, in the latter part of the thirteenth century, he saw many wonders—gunpowder and coal and eyeglasses and porcelain. The Invention of Money 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z When Marco Polo headed off from Venice, Italy, for the sprawl of Asia in 1271, the inquisitive teenager was on the lookout for wondrous things. Review: Unicorns are just one of the wild rides in the Getty's marvelous 'Book of Beasts' 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Anadarko said it is stopping all oil and gas production and removing all workers from four central Gulf facilities, the Constitution, Heidelberg, Holstein and Marco Polo platforms. U.S. oil producers shut offshore output as storm forms in Gulf of... 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z The city of Suzhou, known as “the Venice of the East” for its web of intricate waterways, captured the imagination of Marco Polo when he journeyed through China more than seven centuries ago. China's trial program to rate citizens on public behavior is a bureaucratic mess 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z “My father named it ‘Marco Polo’ because it traveled so far, taking us all over the country on annual vacations,” said Abby, who lives in Silver Spring. Perspective | Exploring America from the rumble seat of a 1937 Packard 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z The BRI was initially divided into two components, the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, names that evoke the travels of explorers like Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta. Perspective | Five myths about China’s Belt and Road Initiative 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z The federation’s previous president, Marco Polo del Nero, doesn’t travel outside Brazil because of the risk of imminent arrest. New Brazilian soccer president set to take office 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Xi cited Marco Polo, the Venetian merchant and explorer who travelled the old Silk Road in the middle ages, as being the “first bridge” between Italy and China. Italy and China in plan for new Silk Road-style trade network 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z In high school, he started to ace classes and grew fascinated with history, compiling a personal library of nearly 40 books — on ancient Mesopotamia, Marco Polo, Genghis Khan, Sir Francis Drake. He's getting into college without the help of wealth and privilege — and it's hard work 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Abby’s father was a mathematics professor at Duke University, and with his summers free, he’d pack the family into Marco Polo and go exploring. Perspective | Exploring America from the rumble seat of a 1937 Packard 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z In his editorial, Xi paid homage to history and “his dear Italian friends,” recalling Marco Polo, who set off the first real passion for China. Reporter's Notebook: Italy's poised to breaks ranks with G-7, raising fears of a Chinese Trojan horse 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z A brand-new cruise ship, built in nearby shipyards expressly for Chinese passengers, is docked in the central waterfront piazza, preparing to set sail on Marco Polo’s path to the Far East. A Forgotten Italian Port Could Become a Chinese Gateway to Europe 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z So what do they do, they push Russia who sought good relations with the West into the arms of China thus strengthening the Eurasia that China has been promoting since the days of Marco Polo. Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy? 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Unlike the Marco Polo Bible or Bulgakov’s notes, the paper in the Milan archives was made from cotton and was in excellent condition. Do Proteins Hold the Key to the Past? 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Calvino’s Marco Polo enters each city and “sees someone in a square living a life or an instant that could be his.” “Flights,” a Novel That Never Settles Down 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z The vessel was called Marco Polo when it was taken over by Italy during World War II. It was abandoned in Venice and left to decay. Montenegro-Croatia relations in danger over training ship 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Wonderful, a unit of the Chinese manufacturer Marco Polo, began shipping products from its new factory in Tennessee in June. Trade war puts new strains on America Inc's factories in China 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z Pang landed roles in Lionsgate’s “I, Frankenstein” and the Netflix film “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny” and series “Marco Polo.” 'Crazy Rich Asians': Aussie Chris Pang's unlikely journey to one of the most buzzed-about films of 2018 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Since the Marco Polo Bible study, a steady stream of ancient things has come through his lab. Do Proteins Hold the Key to the Past? 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Seven hundred years ago, an Italian trader named Marco Polo dazzled Europe with what he claimed were true stories of travels along the Silk Road to the court of Kublai Khan. Opinion | China is buying a world of headaches 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z It is a world that Marco Polo, who travelled from Europe to Mongol-ruled China in the 13th century, would recognise—as Mr Kaplan’s title implies. The idea of Eurasia is once again the subject of geopolitics 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Italo Calvino spun an entire book of “Invisible Cities” that the traveler Marco Polo describes to the incredulous emperor Kublai Khan. The backstory: The story behind ‘The Seattles that might have been’ 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z In the book, Marco Polo explains to Kublai Khan all the cities he’s been visiting on his fantastic travels. This beautiful project creates soundtracks for photographs 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z Testing the Marco Polo Bible was the first time that Righetti had studied something old. Do Proteins Hold the Key to the Past? 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Alexandra Canosa, an associate producer on series Marco Polo, has filed court documents in New York with allegations against the disgraced Hollywood mogul. Netflix producer accuses Weinstein of rape 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Tuesday that Marco Polo condo owner Sam Shenkus said the owners voted to install the sprinklers in units and hallways. Marco Polo residents vote to have sprinklers installed 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Stevens, meanwhile, went from Butler to Boston as seamlessly as Marco Polo went from the Adriatic Sea to Asia. Perspective | Everything you need to know about the NBA playoffs that Jalen Rose won’t tell you 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z For example, Venice Marco Polo Airport on Venice Lagoon is often full of cruise travelers with massive baggage. Tips for traveling around the world 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z For the study of the Bible, Righetti read at least six books about Marco Polo. Do Proteins Hold the Key to the Past? 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Police released surveillance video of a person-of-interest in last week’s shooting of the Marco Polo Ristorante: A tall, well-dressed man walking with a limp and donning a waist-length coat and fedora. In trendy Brooklyn, cops hunt mob-link in eatery shooting 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z It was called the Marco Polo route, after the 13th Century Italian traveller. A short history of Life 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z When Marco Polo returned from his travels to China in the 13th century, his tales of paper money were met with disbelief. Beijing Bids Goodbye to Robert Mugabe 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z His lawyers called Marco Polo Del Nero — the current top soccer official in Brazil, whose implication in the corruption case has not affected his presidency or place in global soccer — the true power broker. FIFA Trial Ends: ‘They Have a Theory That Everyone in Soccer Is Dirty’ 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z In 2015, they met at the Montage Hotel to discuss acting roles, including one in the Weinstein Co. series "Marco Polo," the complaint said. Harvey Weinstein and studio sued for assault and battery by an unnamed actress – LA Times 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z And the Chinese money that so fascinated Marco Polo wasn't quite paper either. How Chinese mulberry bark paved the way for paper money - BBC News 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z Mayor Kirk Caldwell introduced the bill after the July 14 Marco Polo apartment building fire killed three people and injured 12. Sprinkler bill spurred by deadly building fire advances 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Buffalo Bill Cody traveled more miles than Marco Polo, but he did not bring his Wild West show to China. Cowboy image drawing more Chinese tourists to Cody 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Fire at Marco Polo Building in Waikiki is officially "under control." Three killed in Honolulu skyscraper after tower with no sprinklers catches fire 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z The fire broke out on the 26th floor of the Marco Polo condominium complex around 2 p.m. and spread to the 28th floor, Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. David Jenkins said in a statement. Lack of sprinklers raises concerns about older high-rise buildings across the U.S. after deadly Hawaii fire 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z The genius of this system amazed Marco Polo, who explained that the paper money circulated as though it were gold or silver itself. How Chinese mulberry bark paved the way for paper money - BBC News 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z The blaze at the Marco Polo apartments started on the 26th floor and spread to at least the 27th floor and several units, said Honolulu fire department spokesman David Jenkins. Honolulu fire: more than 60 firefighters tackle blaze at high-rise building 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z In the event, this one incident sparked a sweeping Japanese invasion of China, and became known as the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. China and WWII’s “Sarajevo” moment 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z Chunks of the Marco Polo condominiums fall more than 20 stories as the fire burned through several floors. Three killed in Honolulu skyscraper after tower with no sprinklers catches fire 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z Until recently, however, cancelations of Netflix original series were few and far between, with the only notable examples being Hemlock Grove, Marco Polo, and Bloodline. Netflix cancels Sense8 after two seasons 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Almost 750 years ago, a young Venetian merchant named Marco Polo wrote a remarkable book chronicling his travels in China. How Chinese mulberry bark paved the way for paper money - BBC News 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z At least one implicated leader remains in power: Marco Polo Del Nero, the president of Brazil’s soccer association, who was indicted by the United States in 2015. FIFA Shares Results of Investigation and Tries to Turn the Page 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z A jogger in Myrtle Edwards Park appears to run underneath the bulk carrier vessel Navios Marco Polo balancing on a rock, but in reality, the vessel is anchored in Elliott Bay in Seattle. Jog sets up a photo illusion 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z The Marco Polo tower overlooks the beachfront tourist district of Waikiki and was built in the 1970s, before sprinkler systems were required, Mayor Kirk Caldwell told reporters. Three killed in Honolulu skyscraper after tower with no sprinklers catches fire 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z But these efforts have so far yielded mixed results — its “Marco Polo” series on Netflix was recently canceled — and have cost the Weinsteins millions. Weinstein Co. serves up 'The Founder' amid smaller film slate and shift to TV 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z The Mulberry money itself wasn't new when Marco Polo heard about it. How Chinese mulberry bark paved the way for paper money - BBC News 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z “Marco Polo,” a sweeping and expensive historical epic with “Game of Thrones” aspirations, was canceled this month after two buzz-free seasons. It's not TV... but what is it? As Netflix continues to expand, its identity has gotten fuzzy 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z But the “Marco Polo” cancellation may be a sign that Netflix will become more selective about endlessly devoting resources to original series. Netflix, in Rare Cancellation, Is Ending ‘Marco Polo’ 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Social video app Marco Polo is currently ranked No. 40 in the Apple store. Video Chat App Houseparty Racks Up VC Interest 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z He said it evoked Marco Polo and city states like Venice. ‘We Couldn’t Believe Our Eyes’: A Lost World of Shipwrecks Is Found 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Aside from the occasional solar panel outside the door, or a Communist-era television propped inside near the family altar, they remain the same “circular houses” described by Marco Polo 800 years ago. Mongolia: The Destination that Epitomizes Getting Away From It All 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Out in the wild: The mountain lion known as P-45 is the prime suspect in the killing of a miniature horse named Marco Polo. More women are ending on up on skid row — and facing serious danger 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z On Monday, however, the streaming service said that it was pulling the plug on “Marco Polo,” its pricey 13th-century drama about the Mongol empire, after only two seasons. Netflix, in Rare Cancellation, Is Ending ‘Marco Polo’ 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z China and the West were in contact more than 1,500 years before European explorer Marco Polo arrived in China, new finds suggest. Western contact with China began long before Marco Polo, experts say - BBC News 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z In the mid-twentieth century, Byam, sometimes referred to as Oregon’s Marco Polo of trailer travel, famously led adventurous caravans of these stunning aluminum trailers as publicity campaigns for his Airstream brand. Living the Dream: Have Airstream, Will Travel That man, Marco Polo Del Nero, the president of Brazil’s soccer federation, was indicted by the United States Department of Justice on an array of corruption charges in 2015. History of Corruption Charges Dogs Brazil’s Gold Medal Soccer Run 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z But the region also boasts wolves, brown bears, red foxes, and the long-horned Marco Polo sheep - named for the 13th century Italian explorer who spotted one on his journey to the Far East. Snow leopards’ return brings hope to remote Afghan region 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Those shows, however, lasted three seasons; “Marco Polo” will not. Netflix, in Rare Cancellation, Is Ending ‘Marco Polo’ 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z But the region also boasts wolves, brown bears, red foxes, and the long-horned Marco Polo sheep — named for the 13th century Italian explorer who spotted one on his journey to the Far East. Snow leopards' return brings hope to remote Afghan region 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z Murphy’s campaign began airing an ad Wednesday showing two children in a pool playing Marco Polo. Ad wars begin in Florida Senate race between Murphy, Rubio 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z The explosion took place outside the Marco Polo hotel in an area frequently visited by Mr Duterte. Philippines: Duterte home city attack blamed on Abu Sayyaf - BBC News 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z The explosion took place outside the Marco Polo hotel in an area frequently visited by Mr Duterte, who was in Davao at the time but was not hurt. Philippines: 'Bomb attack' on Davao market kills 12 - BBC News 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Netflix — along with the other streaming services like Amazon and Hulu — does not disclose ratings, so it’s difficult to know just how poorly “Marco Polo” fared. Netflix, in Rare Cancellation, Is Ending ‘Marco Polo’ 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z The incident took place at a street market outside the high-end Marco Polo hotel in Davao, in the southern Philippines, a military spokesman told reporters by phone. Explosion in Philippine president's home city kills 10-president spokesman 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Back in the 13th century, Marco Polo called the onetime imperial capital the world’s most magnificent metropolis. China's Hanghzou Clears Out Pests—and People—as It Prepares to Host the G20 Summit 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z The evacuations affected the company's Constitution, Marco Polo, Independence Hub and Heidelberg facilities, the spokesman said. U.S. Gulf oil facilities evacuate some staff ahead of storm 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Italian explorer Marco Polo once called the city “the world’s most magnificent” and the New York Times named it one of this year’s 50 places to visit. Chinese officials are carefully stage-managing the perfect backdrop as the country hosts its first G-20 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Now, if you don’t like that idea, how about a spirited game of Marco Polo? Bouncing with Canada and how to break a tie 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Now the investigatory chamber of FIFA’s ethics committee tells The Associated Press that “there are formal proceedings going on against Marco Polo del Nero” that were opened in December. FIFA confirms ethics probe into head of Brazilian soccer 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Marco Polo......as for the decline in US manufacturing, it started as a trend in the second half of the 1950s and was regarded as a great thing then. Donald Trump’s Economic Nostalgia 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z A few months later his replacement, Marco Polo Del Nero, also received a knock on his door. Brazil's problems are far deeper than an early exit at Copa América 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z He currently owns the Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City on southern Mindanao island, where his childhood friend, Mr. Duterte, is the longtime mayor. Rodrigo Duterte’s Finance Chief Seeks to Spread the Wealth in the Philippines 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z It operates a bit like the children’s game Marco Polo. Robots will rule us all: The future of American policing is the stuff of dystopian science fiction 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z Leaders in Beijing envision a 21st century version of the path trod by the likes of Marco Polo, starting with locomotives but quickly expanding to encompass roads, pipelines and other infrastructure. China looks to economic future with its New Silk Road plan 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z Netflix began its HDR expansion earlier this year with the first season of Marco Polo, and said recently it would add support for Daredevil as well. Netflix will add HDR support for a dozen shows and movies in 2016 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z In Brazil, one defendant, Marco Polo Del Nero, not only remains a free man but also recently returned to his job as president of the country’s soccer federation. Lawyers in FIFA Corruption Case Argue Over Possible Trial Date 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Transnational adventures are as old as history; Alexander went to India, Caesar to Egypt, Marco Polo to China, but warlords and explorers never meant to enhance welfare and growth abroad. Was Genghis Khan really a driver of globalization? 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Falconry has existed for thousands of years, depicted in Roman mosaics from the fifth century, Marco Polo’s accounts of his travels through Asia, and in 16th century Belgian tapestries. Ancient sport of falconry now a modern hobby 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z In practice it’s a bit like playing Marco Polo. DJI Phantom 4 Review: The first drone for everyone 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z "It was agreed with Marco Polo Del Nero that I would stay until Jan. 5." Brazil boss accused in FIFA scandal returns to work 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Amazon started offering 4K content with high dynamic range last year, and Netflix plans to begin offering titles supporting the feature this year, starting with its show “Marco Polo.” Why You Should Wait Before Upgrading to a 4K Television 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Brazilian football president Marco Polo del Nero and predecessor Ricardo Teixeira were both charged by the United States Department of Justice this month. 'Bans mark end of Blatter & Platini' 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z President Marco Polo Del Nero is being pressured to resign, after he was one of 16 soccer officials indicted last week by the U.S. Brazil coach-in-waiting: Corinthians’ Adenor Leonardo Bacchi 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z They “transfixed their fellowmen and inscribed on the history books names to be remembered along with those of Marco Polo and Amundsen, Captain Cook and Colonel Lindbergh” as the first astronauts to leave Earth’s gravity. Past Persons of the Year: Where Are They Now? 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Last week, his successor, Marco Polo Del Nero, and his predecessor, Ricardo Teixeira, were among other global soccer executives indicted on similar charges by U.S. prosecutors. Gillette ends deal with Brazil national soccer team amid crackdown 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z The office of former Barcelona star Romario, now a federal senator, confirmed the senate probe into Marco Polo del Nero on Monday. Head of Brazilian federation subject of senate investigation 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z But that’s what it sounded like to Marco Polo as he travelled through China's Lop Desert in the 13th century. What Makes Sand Dunes Sing 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Dubbed the "Marco Polo of the drugs world", his smuggling exploits eventually ended when he was extradited from Spain to America to stand trial. No regrets as ex-drugs smuggler Howard Marks lives with cancer - BBC News 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Columbus thought he was discovering some parts of Asia not described by Marco Polo or other Western authorities. Five myths about Christopher Columbus 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Byrns also enlisted Marco Polo Stufano, the founding director of Wave Hill, the public garden in the Bronx, to serve as the horticultural adviser. Restoring a Temple of Love as a Yonkers Eden Is Revived 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z The painting was later found in a warehouse not far from Marco Polo airport outside Venice, and Magnanini was jailed for 18 months in the late 1990s. How did a former Italian art thief end up dead in a London canal? 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z Shouts of “Rayyy-derrrs!” echoed out, answered in the distance, a football version of Marco Polo. Middle fingers, high fives and, yes, hugs in the Black Hole 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z The painting turned up three months later, wrapped in a sheet at a warehouse not far from Venice’s Marco Polo Airport. Art Thief’s Body Found in London Canal 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z He wanted the spices of Asia, lovingly described by Marco Polo. Five myths about Christopher Columbus 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Similarly, Europe's travelers have over centuries covered the broadest possible range, from intrepid medieval merchants like Marco Polo to today's twentysomethings who grew up as the continent legislated away internal borders. How the layering of migrating people and cultures over centuries wrote the story of Europe 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Keep running your finger down the list and you get to Marco Polo Del Nero of Brazil. FIFA’s Captain Clings to the Helm of His Sinking Ship 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z He talked about the absence in Zurich this week of some executive members, such as Brazilian federation president Marco Polo Del Nero. Platini says he wants to tone down politics at FIFA 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z It’s also proof that, where the service’s first ambitious effort in Marco Polo failed, new outings like Sense8 and Narcos are clearing a path for quality shows for international audiences. Review: Narcos is the next great Netflix show 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Some didn’t hire any women or minorities for the season studied, the guild said, including Netflix’s “Marco Polo” and Playstation’s “Powers.” Study: Female directors make work gains; minorities lag 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z Some didn't hire any women or minorities for the season studied, the guild said, including Netflix's "Marco Polo" and Playstation's "Powers." Directors Guild study: women make 'modest' gains in TV series work but minorities lag 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z Florida Sen. Marco Rubio offers his own line of campaign polo shirts called “Marco Polo,” riffing on the 11th century Italian explorer. Jeb Bush Honors Dad With Hipster Campaign T-Shirt 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z The former Brazil international visited the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro and met president Marco Polo del Nero on Thursday in an attempt to get his candidacy off the ground. Zico's FIFA bid gets lukewarm backing from CBF 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The executive committee will be at least one short of its 25 voting members on Monday after Brazil's Marco Polo del Nero said he was staying at home to attend to domestic issues. FIFA officials tight-lipped ahead of key meeting 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z A clash at the Marco Polo Bridge in 1937 is regarded as the first battle of the second Sino-Japanese war, which lasted until Japan's defeat by the Allies in 1945. China opens exhibition commemorating the victory over Japan in WWII in ongoing propaganda push 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z The Pier First Class Lounge is open to First Class passengers, Diamond Marco Polo Club members, and Emerald oneworld members who are departing or transiting in Hong Kong. Cathay Pacific Reopens First Class Lounge in Hong Kong 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Current CBF President Marco Polo Del Nero says he knew nothing about alleged bribery schemes involving the federation and is cooperating with official investigations. Brazil soccer probe to put harsh glare on Nike, other sponsors 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Former Brazilian star player Ronaldo is calling for Marco Polo Del Nero, the president of the Brazilian Football Confederation, to step down. The Latest: Warner makes televised address in Trinidad 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z We were let right in, but Marco Polo once had to wait two days for permission to enter. Turkish Eastern Black Sea: The Other Alps (Part One) 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Marco Polo Stufano, the founding director of horticulture, became known as the “dean of American horticulture.” Outdoor Installation at Wave Hill Celebrates Its History of Art Shows 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z But the company says audio descriptions will quickly be expanded beyond just Daredevil to include House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Marco Polo. Netflix gives blind fans of Daredevil the audio descriptions they asked for 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Netflix will allow users to choose from a wide variety of Japanese TV shows and films, as well as its original series including "Marco Polo" and the upcoming science fiction drama "Sense8". Netflix to enter Japan in fall of 2015 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z The company also recently announced that it was renewing its “Marco Polo” series for a second season. Netflix Accelerates Ambitious Global Expansion as U.S. Growth Slows 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Netflix last big original series, Marco Polo, was panned by critics. Netflix shares rise on strong earnings bolstered by international growth 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z He was the Marco Polo of international hoops. LeBron James and Kobe Bryant Struggling With Injures and Team Issues 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z Marco Polo opens in the deserts of Arabia then moves to the Mongolia, present day China with flashbacks to Venice, Italy. Neflix's Marco Polo: Martial Arts & Steamy Sex In An Oriental Palace (Part 2) 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z The Marco Polo series competes with HBO’s Game of Thrones, the popular series about a treacherous clan set a long long time ago. Neflix's Marco Polo: Martial Arts & Steamy Sex In An Oriental Palace (Part 1) 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z The negative reaction to Marco Polo is not unprecedented either. Why Growing Content Costs Are A Necessary Evil For Netflix 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z After some wins with “House of Cards” and “Orange Is the New Black,” Netflix stumbled with “Marco Polo,” an expansive, expensive series that fell flat. Media Companies (and Executives) on the Hot Seat in 2015 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z But his score of five points was beaten by Marco Polo star Benedict Wong, who picked six correct results, with one perfect score to give him a total of eight points. Predictions: Lawro v Olly Murs 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z While his elders tell stories of wretched desolation in the desert, Marco Polo, played by Lorenzo Richelmy, spins charming tales of the majesty of the desert, and he amuses Khan, played by Benjamin Wong. Neflix's Marco Polo: Martial Arts & Steamy Sex In An Oriental Palace (Part 2) 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Marco Polo is a tour de force that shows Netflix can handle complicated productions. Neflix's Marco Polo: Martial Arts & Steamy Sex In An Oriental Palace (Part 1) 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z And rather than focus on fictional rival families like the Starks and Lannisters, the show, to its credit, focuses mainly on the burgeoning dynamic between Marco Polo and Kublai Khan. Marco Polo is Netflix's $90 million rip-off of Game of Thrones 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z So far, critics do not appear to be feeling the same love for Marco Polo. Netflix Series 'Marco Polo' Is Not Too Big To Fail. It's Just Too Big. 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Next on the docket is Marco Polo, a big-budget historical epic premiering Dec. 12. Netflix Wants New Original Content Every Three Weeks 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z In a previous post, we reviewed the production of Marco Polo and the plot. Neflix's Marco Polo: Martial Arts & Steamy Sex In An Oriental Palace (Part 2) 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Marco Polo’s producers even hired veterans of the Game of Thrones to direct many of the episodes. Neflix's Marco Polo: Martial Arts & Steamy Sex In An Oriental Palace (Part 1) 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z But Marco Polo, the series’ lead, is boring as a character, and Richelmy is bland no matter what emotion he’s trying to express. Marco Polo is Netflix's $90 million rip-off of Game of Thrones 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Grantland’s Greenwald said Marco Polo was “terrible,” describing the series as “a sloppy, clattering mess, intended to draw international attention, not plaudits.” Netflix Series 'Marco Polo' Is Not Too Big To Fail. It's Just Too Big. 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, it's latest drama Marco Polo, which is set to debut later this month, cost $90 million to produce, making it one of the most expensive shows ever made. Netflix to release documentary on legendary singer Nina Simone in 2015 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Marco Polo follows the adventures of the famed explorer during his time in the court of Kublai Khan during the days of 13th century China. Review: Netflix's 'Marco Polo' Is Far Too Standard for the SVOD Service 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z The video company wants to expand internationally and the big stylish Marco Polo series ratchets up its image. Neflix's Marco Polo: Martial Arts & Steamy Sex In An Oriental Palace (Part 1) 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z “You cannot read about that stuff without coming across the name Marco Polo,” Mr. Fusco said. How to Build an Empire, the Netflix Way 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z Marco Polo was filmed in Malaysia, Italy and Kazakhstan, and Netflix will hold the international rights, which it does not hold for House of Cards. Netflix Series 'Marco Polo' Is Not Too Big To Fail. It's Just Too Big. 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z It's an adventure story telling the tale of Marco Polo, and Netflix is making it clear that this show is on the road to become a complete epic. 10 new trailers you should watch this week 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, while some may end up praising it, this is the category the company’s latest venture, Marco Polo, falls into. Review: Netflix's 'Marco Polo' Is Far Too Standard for the SVOD Service 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z “In my past life, I was the assistant of Marco Polo,” he quips. Valentino's Carlos Souza Shares His Favorite São Paulo Hotspots 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Along the way, Mr. Fusco said they encountered story after story about Kublai Khan and Marco Polo and the missions the adventurer took to various Mongolian villages. How to Build an Empire, the Netflix Way 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z With Marco Polo, you might say that Netflix is courting the global market just as Polo flattered Kubla Khan. Netflix Series 'Marco Polo' Is Not Too Big To Fail. It's Just Too Big. 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z “I feel like if I had a kid, it would just be one really long game of Marco Polo,” said Walsh, 32, who is legally blind from a condition called Usher syndrome. Madison brothers bound by blindness 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z If one were to check off a list of items audiences would expect to see from a premium cable series, Marco Polo would meet all the given criteria. Review: Netflix's 'Marco Polo' Is Far Too Standard for the SVOD Service 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Again, not quite a trailer, but Netflix has put together a very cool behind-the-scenes look at Marco Polo that's worth checking out. 11 new trailers you should watch this week 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z While Netflix has a number of original programs in the pipeline, the success of “Marco Polo” will serve as a referendum on how well its original programming strategy performs on a global stage. How to Build an Empire, the Netflix Way 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z Like Game of Thrones‘ “Winter is Coming,” Marco Polo has a hashtag-friendly tag line, “Worlds Will Collide.” Netflix Series 'Marco Polo' Is Not Too Big To Fail. It's Just Too Big. 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z The Marco Polo, which sailed from Tilbury in Essex, got stuck with 763 passengers on board in the Lofoten Islands on Saturday. 'Pensioner death' ship grounded 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z Considering Netflix’s track-record, there were reasons to be optimistic for Marco Polo, but like Hemlock Grove, this is one that will go down as an instance where nothing came together the way it should have. Review: Netflix's 'Marco Polo' Is Far Too Standard for the SVOD Service 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z A Norwegian pilot was onboard “Marco Polo” while two tugboats were trying to free the vessel by pushing it from starboard. Cruise ship ‘Marco Polo’ runs aground off Norwegian coast 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z “The journey of Marco Polo is the hero’s journey, one that all cultures across the globe can relate to.” How to Build an Empire, the Netflix Way 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z Netflix’s promotional copy for Marco Polo describes it as set in “a world of greed, betrayal, sexual intrigue and rivalry.” Netflix Series 'Marco Polo' Is Not Too Big To Fail. It's Just Too Big. 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z After House of Cards, it'd be foolish not to take a good look at any other big shows Netflix has in the pipeline, the next of which is Marco Polo. 9 new trailers you should watch this week 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z But the company expects its offerings to increase substantially, beginning next year with its new originals such as Marco Polo, and more film and TV titles that are shot in native 4K resolution. Netflix Says Ultra-HD Content Costs More, So Subscribers Will Pay More 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Marco Polo, a historical adventure from Executive Producer Harvey Weinstein, is shooting in Kazakhstan and Malaysia. Netflix's 50 Million Subscribers Face a Flood of New Shows 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z “It always circled back around to Marco Polo and Kublai Khan,” Mr. Fusco said. How to Build an Empire, the Netflix Way 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z With a budget of $90 million, the newest Netflix original series Marco Polo is its priciest production to date, and reportedly the second most expensive television series in existence, after HBO’s Game of Thrones. Netflix Series 'Marco Polo' Is Not Too Big To Fail. It's Just Too Big. 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Have the pathways, roadmaps, proven strategies and GPS units killed off the spirits of great explorers like Magellan, Lewis and Clark, and Marco Polo? Does GPS Kill Curiosity? 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z But the People’s Daily, the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, announced that it would be conducting rare live coverage of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident commemoration. On a Wartime Anniversary, China Steps Up Its Anti-Japan PR Campaign 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z “Marco Polo,” a scripted martial arts drama, is set for a Dec. 12 premiere on Netflix. Weinstein Company Is Said to Consider Spinning Off TV Unit 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z In the first episode of “Marco Polo,” Netflix’s coming original series, the Mongolian emperor Kublai Khan sits on a throne in his gilded palace and plots the future conquests of his growing empire. How to Build an Empire, the Netflix Way 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z Conversely, Marco Polo seems more derivative than groundbreaking. Netflix Series 'Marco Polo' Is Not Too Big To Fail. It's Just Too Big. 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z He Xuefeng, a Film Bureau official, said it was too early to say whether “Marco Polo” would be given co-production status. ‘Transformers’ tries for delicate US-China balance 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z In the Middle Ages, Marco Polo heard tales of a huge bird that stalked Madagascar. A Theory on How Flightless Birds Spread Across the World: They Flew There 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The sweet deal of modern Marco Polo is the culmination of a broader, $1 million push by the Commission to reverse the negative trend and boost Hangzhou’s global profile. Your Dream Job in China: $55K To Become The Contemporary Marco Polo 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z But perhaps its biggest content wager is “Marco Polo,” its series about the 13th-century traveler’s adventures in the court of Kublai Khan. How to Build an Empire, the Netflix Way 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z Netlix has no such assurances for Marco Polo, and its clear designs on a mass audience appeal that has made Game of Thrones a runaway success might invite unflattering comparisons. Netflix Series 'Marco Polo' Is Not Too Big To Fail. It's Just Too Big. 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Alexander Taub: You just changed the name of Marco Polo to Tag. New App, Tag, Let's You Privately Share Your Location With Friends 2014-04-03T15:13:00Z Marco Polo reflected this when he wrote about Hangzhou, which he called Kinsai, in the 13th Century. China discovers the food museum 2014-01-31T02:13:41Z It’s sort of a “Marco Polo” effect that influences choices made to direct action toward a goal, and adjusts expectations about how close or far away the goal really is. 10 Things You Should Know About Goals 2013-09-29T19:17:00Z He picked up Mr. Fusco’s scripts, which had been inspired by Marco Polo’s own accounts, couldn’t put them down and signed on to the project. How to Build an Empire, the Netflix Way 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z One way they do this, apparently, is by playing a wolfy version of “Marco Polo.” Wolves Howl For Friends, Challenging A Popular Theory of Animal Communication 2013-09-03T15:15:40.067Z Most of the tourists are foreign, many drawn by the well-honed legend that Marco Polo was born on the island. Letter from Europe: Quest for Balance in Joining European Union 2013-08-02T16:02:17Z They slept on the floor of Marco Polo Airport without food and and drink after their flight to London Gatwick left with no passengers on board. BA passengers sleep at Italy airport 2013-05-30T11:24:55Z I interviewed her at her home in Madrid, which Ms. Thyssen-Bornemisza, a former Miss Spain, calls her "Marco Polo" home, because of its exotic and oriental style. IHT Rendezvous: Is Barcelona About to Get a New Museum? 2012-12-13T15:29:27Z A global search to cast the role of Marco Polo came down to the wire. How to Build an Empire, the Netflix Way 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z Mother elephants even rely on infrasounds to keep tabs on a separated calf, exchanging "I'm here" calls with the wayward offspring in a fashion similar to a game of Marco Polo. An Elephant's Silent Call 2012-08-02T20:20:00Z "But, what he's done isn't dissimilar to what Marco Polo did and the Italians named an airport after him." Man cycles across world for Games 2012-07-26T05:05:55Z Between 1325 and 1354, he travelled three times as far as Marco Polo, following the Silk Road across central Asia and visiting India, Indonesia, the Philippines, China and Zanzibar. Summer books 2012-07-05T15:50:26.970Z A place where the children of hipster artists, attracted by the upscale restoration with its designer flourishes, would play Marco Polo with youngsters from public housing. Problems at McCarren Pool Has a Neighborhood Worried 2012-07-04T16:23:05Z So common are they that they cease to inspire as much awe as Marco Polo or Capt. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Old Marco Polo, writing in the thirteenth century, described the roc circumstantially, and the account has been long considered as either a fiction or a mistake. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Those of the northern division were the Marco Polo, Victoria, Bulldog, and Alexandra. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Sir Thomas was able to identify several of the images, one of whom he recognised as Mohammed, another as St Paul, and a third as Marco Polo. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z Behind him lay Marco Polo Bay, while before him was the seemingly boundless and illimitable expanse of the great polar pack. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z It is under this last appellation that they were known to Marco Polo, the Venetian traveller. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z That spreads before me as for mind, imagination, special, "professional" labour, a thin, starved, lonely, defeated, beaten, prospect: in comparison with which your own circumgyrations have been as the adventures of Marco Polo or H.M. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z He began to hear of an island in that direction named Cuba, which, from the mistaken ideas of geography current at the time, he took for Marco Polo’s famed gold island of Cipango. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z That Marco Polo should have risen in China to the dignity of a deity is conceivable, since this dauntless adventurer was the first European to reside in the ancient Tartar kingdom of Kublai Khan. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z I was sitting in my room at the Jesuit College in the Rue St Antoine, with the "De Imitatione" at one elbow, and Marco Polo's travels at the other; and, alas! Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z It took many centuries for Marco Polo to come to his own in this respect but the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries have almost more than made up for the neglect of their predecessors. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Marco Polo and his followers in Central Asia. Select List of Books ... Relating to the Far East 2012-01-12T03:00:14.110Z More than six hundred years have passed since the foundation of the bishopric at Pekin; Monte Corvino was appointed first bishop by Pope Clement V, and Marco Polo, the famous Italian traveller, accompanied him. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z In the north-east corner of the city is the Nestorian church which was noted by Marco Polo, the fa�ade being “elaborately carved and the gates covered with elegantly wrought iron.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z The Illinois man looked up to Mr. Peasley as a modern Marco Polo, and Mr. Peasley proceeded to unbend to him. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z Marco Polo suffered the same fate as did Herodotus of whom Voltaire sneered "father of history, say, rather, father of lies." The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z The silver mines from which the place takes its name were noted in ancient times and are mentioned by Marco Polo. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z The famous crenellated walls; the lofty towers and proud pagodas, first described by Marco Polo; the heavy bastions, and the marble bridges, were but indistinctly visible, and therefore all the more suggestive and beautiful. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z Marco Polo, describing it apparently from hearsay, calls it Camul, and speaks of it as a fruitful place inhabited by a Buddhist people of idolatrous and wanton habits. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Of the Malay people of Sumatra, as well as of these islands, their animals and productions, Marco Polo has left us most interesting and quite accurate accounts. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z There is many a fable that clings around the name of Marco Polo, but this distinguished traveler needs no fictitious adornments of his tale to make him one of the greatest explorers of all time. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Sri Lanka’s fame for its gems is historic, with Italian explorer Marco Polo credited with praising the island’s rubies and sapphires. Kate’s Sapphire Gives Royal Boost to Sri Lanka as Exports Jump 2011-11-17T23:10:43Z The house still stands in the old quarter in which Marco Polo was imprisoned after the defeat of the Pisans at the battle of Curzola, when he was taken captive. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z At the opening of the last century men knew little more about Asia than did Marco Polo, three or four centuries earlier. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z The Malays on Sumatra were beginning to be converted to Mohammedanism, for Marco Polo says that many of them were “Saracens.” A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z As a matter of fact there was scarcely an interesting country of the East of which Marco Polo did not have something to relate from his personal experiences. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Abu Zaid also wrote on India, and his work is the most important that we possess before the epoch-making discoveries of Marco Polo. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z Two centuries had passed since Marco Polo, the bold Venetian explorer, had set out from Constantinople for the land of the Tartars. The Boy's Book of Heroes 2011-09-06T02:00:10.323Z Marco Polo's account of a hunt of Kublai Khan reads like a fairy tale. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z But Marco Polo’s adventures did not end with his return to Venice. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z Now I, Marco Polo, had a Turkish acquaintance who related that he had lived three years in that region on behalf of the Great Khan, in order to procure these salamanders for him. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z The recital of their travels fired the youthful imagination of young Marco Polo, son of Nicolo, and he set out for the court of Kublai Khan, with his father and uncle, in 1265. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z Stevenson, also, tells us the exact gear that he loaded on his donkey, but what did Marco Polo carry? Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Marco Polo, "greatest of mediaeval travellers, was generally discredited." My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z But since, in our own time, men have been able to traverse again the routes over which Marco Polo passed, fact after fact has been established, quite as he truthfully stated them centuries ago. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z It has sometimes been said that Marco Polo's work greatly influenced Columbus and encouraged him in his attempt to seek India by sailing around the globe. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Once traveled by Marco Polo, the route helped promote the growth of civilizations from Egypt to Rome. Brazil Hits China With Tariffs as Potholes Erode New Silk Road 2011-08-02T16:34:18Z Among the Wakhan population in Afghanistan, snow leopards overwhelmingly stick to a diet of ibex, Marco Polo sheep and other natural prey. Basics: Peeking Inside a Forbidding Kingdom 2011-07-25T20:04:39Z Marco Polo could not find his house now; it still exists, but all around it is disfigured, dismantled, defaced. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z This book of Ser Marco Polo has been most critically edited with introduction and voluminous notes by the English scholar, Sir Henry Yule. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z He always rode a horse which his friends nicknamed “Marco Polo,” after the Venetian traveller. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Marco Polo, the traveller, at the end of the fourteenth century, has preserved in his writings all the ancient traditions, and united them in a singular manner with the results of his own observations. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Ancient China had dumplings, but it's a myth that the Venetian explorer Marco Polo returned from China with pasta in 1295. How pasta became the world's favourite food 2011-06-15T09:39:41Z According to the accounts of Marco Polo, Your Highness," answered Columbus, "earth hath no richer island. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z In this edition the accounts of Marco Polo, covering so many countries and peoples of the Far East, can be studied. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z Marco Polo's book of discoveries on his journey to China was known. Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition 2011-06-03T02:00:23.737Z Mandeville has not had the fortune of his predecessor Marco Polo, to have met with a Marsden, learned in geographical and literary illustration. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Following the footsteps of Marco Polo Back in the 1990s, the company already demonstrated the then state-of-the-art waste treatment in China, for the first time shielding soil and from pollution. Turning Trash to Gold in China 2011-06-01T15:15:00.217Z Thus one traveller says to another—as Marco Polo to George Sandys— "You went to Jerusalem?" From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z Europeans visited the court of the Great Kaan, or Mongol king, and of one of them, Marco Polo, we must speak in particular. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z Her vessels roamed the seas as far as the Caspian, where Marco Polo found them trading from port to port. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z Among these a prominent place must be assigned to the version of Marco Polo's travels, which Rusticiano of Pisa first published in French, having possibly received them in Venetian from the traveler's own lips. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z This was based, perhaps, in part on the map, or maps, illustrating the voyages of Marco Polo, in the Doges' Palace in Venice, apparently on one of the walls of the Sala della Scudo. The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II 2011-04-05T02:00:10.813Z Everywhere he was on the lookout for the cities of Asia—those wonderful cities of wealth and beauty described in such glowing colors by Marco Polo. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z China.—We have seen how, at the time of Marco Polo, China also was ruled by the Tartar Mongols. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z He was utterly convinced, now, he had reached Cipango, that wonderful spot which, according to Marco Polo, possessed mountains of gold, and a shore the sands of which were strewn with oriental pearls. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z The publication of Marco Polo’s travels produced a profound effect upon the European imagination. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z The Great Wall, said by their historians to have been built 240 years b.c., is not mentioned by early writers, especially Marco Polo, who visited China from the West in 1270. Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race 2011-02-06T03:00:56.253Z At least, this is what we thought he said because this Marco Polo in flannels was yawning again. Plunkett endures 16,000-mile odyssey 2011-02-03T22:30:03Z Here in the service of this prince Marco Polo spent over seventeen years. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z He fancied he was sailing in the Archipelago, described by Marco Polo as studding the seas which washed the shores of Chin, or China, a great, great distance from the mainland. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z One of the most interesting of these visitors to the Mongol Court was a certain Venetian, Marco Polo, who afterwards set down his story in a book. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Marco Polo forged his way down the Silk Road in the late thirteenth century, fostering trade between Europe and Asia. To the stars 2011-02-02T18:21:31.393Z Not bad for a guy that used to play for $50 for happy hour at the Marco Polo Hotel in Miami Beach, right?” The Saturday Profile: Mine Owner?s Flair Rankles Chilean Elite 2010-11-20T02:05:00Z Marco Polo and his father and uncle were commissioned to accompany the expedition to Persia. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z The trekkers and mountaineers are following in the footsteps of explorers like Marco Polo and Sir Aurel Stein. Wakhan Corridor Journal: In Icy Tip of Afghanistan, War Seems Remote 2010-10-28T02:20:00Z As Mother Jones magazine's James Ridgeway said after recalling previous public accounts of the ore deposits, "This 'discovery' in fact is ancient history tracing back to the times of Marco Polo." War for resources: From slander to clarion call 2010-06-19T01:01:00Z In the 13th century, the traveller Marco Polo noted the Chinese used covered sewage tanks to generate power, while biogas technologies were also referred to by 17th century author Daniel Defoe. Will we switch to gas made from human waste? 2010-04-19T09:18:00Z Marco Polo is a spacecraft that would land on the asteroid to try to drill or scoop up what would be perhaps just tens of grams of material. 2010-01-20T22:51:00Z History of Marco Polo’s Travels.—They sailed from the port of Chin Cheu, probably near Amoy,1 in the year 1292. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z Eastern eyes Jan 13th 2010 From Economist.com The rarefied world of Chinese export porcelain Sotheby's THE West’s trade with China has been at the forefront of globalisation since the days of Marco Polo. 2010-01-13T11:51:00Z Marco Polo's account of the Indian yogís in Colonel Yule's edit. vol. ii. p. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy He found in Cuba no traces of the opulence and splendor of which Marco Polo had written. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 In the thirteenth century, Marco Polo, the famous Venetian explorer, went far beyond any of his predecessors and succeeded in reaching Pekin. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future Then about thirty-five days’ favorable sailing would bring one to the islands of “Cipango,” or Japan, which Marco Polo had said lay off the continent of Asia. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z We have Marco Polo’s Adventures in our library.” The Master's Violin Not long after, a note in Yule's edition of 'Marco Polo' set my imagination fairly in chase of this remarkable gem; and I hunted up all the accessible authorities. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. For some time he made his way along that inhospitable coast, which trended steadily toward the southwest, a direction agreeing with his conceptions of the Asian coast as described by Marco Polo. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 In the midst of these immortal five hundred images is that of "Marco Polo," who visited here in the twelfth century. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 In the middle ages reports, some of them probably untrustworthy, by Marco Polo and others, attributed cannibalism to the wild tribes of China, the Tibetans, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" “The world has changed, dear madam, since Marco Polo travelled.” The Master's Violin But this spelling originates in an accidental error in Ramusio’s Italian version, which was the chief channel through which Marco Polo’s book was popularly known. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" The most famous of these travellers was Marco Polo, a Venetian of a trading family, who lived many years in China, and found his way back to Europe by India and Ceylon. Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation Travellers, from the time of Marco Polo, who relates its observance in Chinese Turkestan, have found the custom to prevail in China, India, Borneo, Siam, Africa and the Americas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" He seems to have been as great a traveller as Marco Polo or Baron Munchausen, and, like them, he must have seen many strange sights and countries. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 Marco Polo, the famous Venetian traveler who wrote seven centuries ago, spoke of the peak as containing the tomb, not the footmark, of Adam. The Pearl of India He had perhaps already begun his studies in a number of works, especially the Book of Marco Polo and the Imago Mundi of Pierre d’Ailly, by which his cosmographical and geographical conceptions were largely moulded. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" According to Marco Polo's account, the failure of the expedition was due to jealousy between the two officers in command. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Latin Bible or a piece of Catholic sculpture; and when the intelligent missionaries called Marco Polo to mind, and studied his story, one and another became convinced that Cathay and China were one. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Although on one of the imperial highways which once excited the admiration of Marco Polo, we were now treated to some of the worst stretches we have ever seen. Across Asia on a Bicycle European travellers in Eastern lands, from the ubiquitous Marco Polo down, have also done their best to call attention to it. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 But such was not the spirit in which Marco Polo, in the thirteenth, century, traversed the wilderness of Lop. Old Roads and New Roads The fact that such a realm as that of Japan existed remained unknown in Europe until about six centuries ago, when Marco Polo, in his famous record of travel and adventure, first spoke of it. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Marco Polo refers to it as existing in the 13th century; but then it fades out of sight, leaving scant traces in Chinese literature of ever having existed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Never since the days of Marco Polo had a European traveler succeeded in crossing the Chinese empire from the west to Peking. Across Asia on a Bicycle Door of a small courtyard near house of Marco Polo. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) Marco Polo thus describes the great roads and excellent inns in the neighbourhood of Cambalu. Old Roads and New Roads Naturally, on reaching Kioto, he had looked for the splendor spoken of by Marco Polo, the roof and ceilings of gold and the golden tables of the emperor's palace. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality It was during this reign that Marco Polo visited China, and he describes in glowing colours the virtues and glories of the “great khan.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Marco Polo speaks of a stone fibre found at Chinchin, which answers in description to asbestos. Needlework As Art The travels of Marco Polo had only lately revealed the wonders of the golden East, and in the West the Pillars of Hercules marked earth's furthest bound. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France The allusion to an Asiatic Ethiopia is hopelessly confused, and may have arisen from Marco Polo’s second division of India, which includes Abyssinia. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century After his visit information concerning these remote regions ceased until the publication of the remarkably interesting book of Marco Polo, the first to write of China from an actual visit to its court. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Marco Polo speaks of the infanticide practised in Japan and China, which was then, as it is now, a means of regulating the population. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso Marco Polo, in the thirteenth century, frequently speaks of velvet as an Asiatic fabric. Needlework As Art The first knowledge of the Japanese empire was brought to Europe by Marco Polo after his return from his travels in China in a.d. Japan It should be borne in mind that the knowledge of its position came from Marco Polo, and he does not distinctly say how far it was from the Asiatic coast. Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers Pinto, after his return to Europe, told so many marvellous stories about Japan that people doubted him as much as they had doubted Marco Polo. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality He was at that time in correspondence with Toscanelli, the Florentine astronomer, who held the same doctrine, and who sent him a map or chart constructed on the travels of Marco Polo. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose Marco Polo tells of beautiful camelots manufactured from the hair of camels; and of the Egyptian coarse and very fine fabrics woven of the same materials. Needlework As Art Marco Polo's mention of this island produced a great impression on the discoverers of the fifteenth century. Japan Oh, to be with them, to travel as Marco Polo traveled, and to learn to know the heart of the desert in the long night marches! Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' It has been conjectured, indeed, that the use of the magnetic needle, in Europe, was first brought from China by the famous traveller Marco Polo the Venetian. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton Every moment, in his fierce avarice, he would fancy himself on the brink of boundless opulence; he was always about to seize the treasures of the East, painted by Marco Polo and Mandeville. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose One year later, in the summer of 1299, Marco Polo was set at liberty and returned to Venice, where he died peacefully in 1324. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The name of Kathay, or Cathay, was applied to this country by ancient writers, among whom was Marco Polo, a Venetian, who was about the first who penetrated its boundaries. Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas Just as the thing was in Marco Polo's time, so it is to-day. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Notwithstanding this, however, Marco Polo can still, in the following century, describe it as "a noble city and a great." Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Marco Polo, compelled to wait through the rainy season in Sumatra for a favourable wind, came hither in the palmy days of mediæval Portugal, but returned discomfited. Through the Malay Archipelago How came Marco Polo to be drawn so far into the vague and shadowy East? Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History As a reader you are aware that it is the effigy of Marco Polo, the intrepid Italian traveler supposed to have been the first European to have penetrated ancient China. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Though the discoveries of Marco Polo were as yet but imperfectly appreciated, one point, and that the most significant of all, was thoroughly established. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest We have seen the high-water mark of the Ottoman Empire; Marco Polo has told us of Kubla Khan's Chinese Empire, and the Moguls did much for India in their prime. Pan-Islam Marco Polo alludes to the same wine in his second book, chapter xxv. Prisoners Their Own Warders A Record of the Convict Prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements Established 1825 Otherwise, most likely we never would have heard of the travels of Marco Polo, whom some of the later chroniclers have likened to Columbus, the discoverer of America. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Martin da Canale composed his story of Venice in French for the same reason, and Marco Polo dictated his travels in French in a Genoese prison. The Story of Paris He drew them from his understanding of the descriptions of Marco Polo, Friar Odoric, and other travellers. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest On one occasion, when returning at daylight from duck shooting near Marco Polo's bridge, I was tightly wedged in by several hundreds which were waiting to enter the western gateway. Life and sport in China Second Edition Excepting what was told by Marco Polo, who visited the coast of Japan in the thirteenth century, nothing was learned of that country by the Western World until its discovery by the Portuguese. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 The first printed edition of Marco Polo's book was in the German text, and was published in 1477. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History On a second journey they were accompanied by Marco Polo, the son of one of the brothers. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe From such a chaos of ideas sound geographical knowledge must needs be a slow evolution, and Marco Polo's acquisitions were altogether too far in advance of his age to be readily assimilated. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest "Who yo' ma an' pa, chile?" she demanded of the miniature Marco Polo who had come home with her charge. Frank of Freedom Hill Traveled people are afraid that they may meet some Marco Polo who is able to describe some remote place where they have never been. The Pursuit of God How much of the language of the book of Marco Polo's travels was Marco's, and how much was the worthy Rusticiano's, we are unable to decide. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Marco Polo's writings were very widely read, and influenced a great many people who could not be reached through the ordinary channels of commerce. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges "The Book of Ser Marco Polo concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East" is one of the most famous and important books of the Middle Ages. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest The Arab ships, according to Marco Polo, were also built without the use of nails. A History of Sea Power "Thy tales are more piquant than the tales of Marco Polo," his friend said rallying him. The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus It was a lucky thing for the world that Marco Polo was thus put into enforced idleness, and that he had for a companion in confinement an educated gentleman, one Rusticiano, of Pisa. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Here begins what may properly be called Marco Polo's travels. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World The latter opinion was the more probable, since Marco Polo and a few other Europeans had sailed from China into the Indian ocean without encountering any great continent that had to be circumnavigated. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest A creature with an armed head has lingered down from the day of Marco Polo, because in the stock of yarns assembled by that redoubtable tourist the unicorn figured. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate Marco Polo found mulberry-bark money in China, stamped with the sovereign's seal, which it was death to counterfeit, as was the case also with the Continental currency of our own country. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy These notes afterward served him a good purpose, as we shall see; for they were the basis of the book that has made the name of Marco Polo famous throughout the world. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Marco Polo after returning to Khan-tcheou left it again, marching five days towards the east, and arriving at the town of Erginul. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World The only puzzling circumstance was that they did not find any of Marco Polo's cities. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest It has been long known and is mentioned by Marco Polo in the thirteenth century. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture But Marco Polo nowhere says expressly that Asia is bounded on the north by the sea. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Marco Polo's book, dictated by him in prison, is remarkable for its reserve and its scantiness of all semblance of ornament in its literary style. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Marco Polo came first to the town of Coigangui, now called Hoang-fou, on the banks of the Yellow River, where the principal industry is the preparation of the salt found in the salt marshes. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Marco Polo calls it the finest and noblest city in the world. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest But about this time Marco Polo happened to arrive after a long voyage in the East Indies, giving a most favourable report of the safety of the seas he had navigated. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure A vague knowledge of a sea that washed the eastern shores of Cathay, or China, was gained from the reports of the famous Venetian traveller, Marco Polo. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Marco Polo especially had described two large islands, Ontilla and Cipango, the latter undoubtedly Japan, which it was expected would be the first reached by a navigator sailing westward. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold This town of Yangui, of which Marco Polo was the governor for three years, is the modern Yang-tchou; it is a very populous and busy town, and cannot be less than two leagues in circumference. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Ptolemy had heard of an island of cannibals in the Indian ocean, perhaps one of the Andaman group, visited A. D. 1293 by Marco Polo. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest I.—The Beginnings of a Romantic Career Marco Polo stands out in history and literature as the most famous traveller belonging to the early mediæval period. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure The world as known at the end of the thirteenth century after the travels of Marco Polo and his contemporaries. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Between them he placed the island of Cipango or Japan, which, according to Marco Polo, lay one thousand five hundred miles from the Atlantic coast. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold From Saianfu Marco Polo retraced his steps that he might visit some of the towns on the sea-coast. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Marco Polo had described it as studded with thousands of spice-bearing islands, and the Catalan map shows that some of these were supposed to be inhabited by naked savages. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest In September David began to write his tone poem, Marco Polo. Sacrifice |
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